beastieboyofthenet
Beastie Boy🌹

Just another autistic computer nerd, democratic socialist and civil liberties supporter.
Free Snowden!

Public Key

npub1m78lxrqxrn54rhtrxvu8k4hzulvq5c8zcgz8q8n23fpjqypsg5ms0h8wzx

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsdlrlnpsrpe623m43nxwrm2m3w0kq2vr3vyprsre4g5seqzqcy2dcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dskyy380

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1m78lxrqxrn54rhtrxvu8k4hzulvq5c8zcgz8q8n23fpjqypsg5ms0h8wzx

Show more details

Last Notes

2023-07-16 19:49:49

If you use threads or Twitter, you are a dummy.

2023-07-14 11:34:39

- reply

It's going to start WW3. Also Russia can burn in hell. They were the aggressors, following America's example in Iraq and Afghanistan.

2023-07-13 20:53:27

- reply

Turkey is a fascist dictatorship.

2023-07-12 02:13:30

- reply

Also the moderation on corporate platforms is shitty and doesn't moderate bullshit heavily enough. I saw a literal antisemite on Instagram be able to post conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial freely and I noped out. I don't even like it that much here. I spend more time on fedi. I am literally only seriously here to follow Edward Snowden and maybe argue with a libertarian every once and a while.

2023-07-12 02:11:15

- reply

I'm on non-corporate platforms because they let me be the arbiter of bullshit.

2023-07-11 22:46:34

- reply

What I mean by tolerate is that if someone is advocating for something harmful and antisocial private companies should use their power to kick them out of the platform.

2023-07-11 18:26:39

- reply

I believe in free speech, but free speech doesn't mean that you tolerate people like that. "Cancel Culture" is just people ALSO exercising free speech and freedom of association.

2023-07-11 06:35:57

- reply

How about people that are openly advocating for the murder of let's say Jewish people

2023-07-11 06:25:43

- reply

How? Try living debt free off of $12 dollars an hour.

2023-07-11 02:07:28

"Capitalism gives you more choices" mfs choosing between rent and groceries

2023-07-10 22:57:10

- reply

Capital is harmful as it tends to centralize in the hands of a small number of Capitalists, and it tends to motivate the people in power to rig the system further in their own self-interest. I reject capitalism as I believe that "centralization" is inevitably a feature of the market as a chaotic system. I support a replacement of capital as the driving factor of our economy with the idea of social ownership of the means of production, and its operation in line with the motive of societal improvement and the will of the people.

2023-07-10 18:44:30

Crypto is a scam. If it isn't, explain to me how Bitcoins add any actual value in this world. I would love to see your thought process.

2023-07-09 04:11:50

There should be a Speedrun to see who can smash capitalism the fastest.

2023-07-07 07:14:53

- reply

No. The corporations are poisoning us and the government is bribed into complicity.

2023-07-07 07:08:30

- reply

This sounds like a replay of the Depression...

2023-07-07 00:09:00

- reply

The interpretation of this meme that I take is different than the man who originally made it.

2023-07-06 17:28:19

- reply

American politics is a fucking shit show.

2023-07-06 17:27:40

- reply

Democrats are harder to make fun of because the GOP has lost all their goddamn minds and the looneys are running the show. The same can't be said about the Dems. At least the Dems are ran by people with a vague semblance of sanity and not a coalition of criminals, theocratic Fascists and bribed officials.

2023-07-06 17:24:28

https://youtu.be/simV1ZXFsxI
Love how this video makes fun of GOPers.

2023-07-06 16:34:44

The CIA should be abolished.

2023-07-06 16:09:21

The government and the upper class work in concert to fuck you over. The more money you have, the more power you have. The idea of capitalism is competition: the iron law of the jungle. The idea of socialism is cooperation and communal ownership of the means of production. How people decide to allocate things is irrelevant, I just care that they have the power to do so.

2023-07-06 15:56:23

Libertarians are weird.

2023-07-06 07:06:07

Fuck Red Hat. Enjoy this SRPM of RHEL 9.2 gcc!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Mjm7NnJVNq-bjP3cz-XiBGRs49bkyci/view?usp=drivesdk

2023-07-06 06:20:36

- reply

I also think that we should expand the social safety net to reduce addiction and help the poor and marginalized.

2023-07-06 06:17:07

- reply

Unregulated Capitalism inevitably leads to a situation where a couple of bad apples corrupt the entire system. Point me to proof disproving my assumption here.

2023-07-06 06:10:59

- reply

Get the profits out of the prison system, so the prison industry cannot pay off politicians.

2023-07-06 06:10:21

- reply

You are assuming healthy competition.

2023-07-06 06:01:28

- reply

Also Twitter is being ruined by Elon.

2023-07-06 05:54:38

- reply

2008
Greedflation
The great depression
The entire US healthcare system
Mass incarceration
Forever wars
Union busting throughout history
Savings and loan crisis
Theranos
Twitter
Climate change
Planned obsolescence
COVID 19 vaccine price gouging from Moderna
Homelessness problem
And this is all stuff off of the top of my head. The iceberg is deep.

2023-07-06 05:46:49

- reply

Democratic principles = majority rule with minority protections.

2023-07-06 05:44:02

- reply

I do agree that forcing an unpopular idea is contrary to democratic principles, which I support.

2023-07-06 05:43:13

- reply

It is tyrannical when the selfish behavior of a few powerful actors ends up punishing those that behave in a good manner.

2023-07-06 05:36:55

- reply

So you can program in C. It's easy, it's fun and it will help you understand programming.

2023-07-06 05:34:14

- reply

The communist manifesto
Das Kapital
The Innovators
The C programming language
1984

2023-07-06 05:30:47

- reply

Just sign up for Mastodon and you will pick it up very quickly.

2023-07-06 05:27:43

- reply

The fediverse is just a bunch of servers that use the Activitypub protocol. Think softwares like calkey, mastodon, or pixelfed. Anyone can spin their own instance of these server software, creating a social media site that lets you view other people's things on other sites.

2023-07-06 05:26:03

- reply

The market itself exerts a peculiar tyranny, as you are dooming people's futures to be determined by a chaotic, nonlinear system. I would vastly prefer a form of democratic planning that utilizes technology to aid decision making. In a socialist system, the individual would have an obligation not to their boss or employer like in capitalism, but an obligation to their community and their fellow human beings. A capitalist society is not free. No political or economic system is completely free. You will always be beholden to someone.

2023-07-06 05:21:33

The workers produce all value in our economy today! Give them ownership!

2023-07-06 05:19:41

- reply

I am a fedi user. I left for a bit but I'm going back soon.

2023-07-06 05:14:33

- reply

But capitalism IS coercive. The police and other agencies are needed to protect the capitalist class and preserve this form of economic governance! Capitalism is by its very nature coercive, but in a way more subtle than what came before it. As a matter of fact, any state-based ideology is coercive to some degree, regardless of if it is a democracy or a dictatorship, or if it is socialist or capitalist. The idea should be, who is coercing who? The capitalists coercing workers, or the people deciding the laws that all coerce them equally?

2023-07-06 05:01:51

- reply

Maybe the idea should not be to give people that "work harder" more money because what about the disabled, elderly and children that can't work? Maybe instead you allocate resources by devising a way to determine people's needs so then you ensure that everyone is fed.

2023-07-06 04:50:23

The vile hate speech on here by "libertarians" is fucking disgusting and I block those bastards on sight.

2023-07-06 04:46:52

- reply

Or Mastodon. I love the fediverse NGL.

2023-07-06 04:46:30

- reply

There are 3 options forward imo:
A capitalist mixed economy with social democratic Nordic reforms
Labor vouchers
"From each according to their own ability, to each according to their own need"

2023-07-06 04:38:17

Weird banger of a song
https://youtu.be/S9f25u6F0J0

2023-07-06 04:37:29

Crony Capitalism and Capitalism are the same thing. The only thing different is a superfluous descriptor.

2023-07-06 04:34:41

Orwell was a socialist, of the same kind that I am. I oppose both the tyranny of Leninism and Stalinism, just as I oppose the horrors of Imperialism and Monopoly Capital. The best way forward, is to apply modernized socialist and social democratic principles to real world problems.

2023-07-06 04:28:24

- reply

I don't have any.

2023-07-06 04:22:14

Why are liberals so naive?
Why are conservatoids so bloodthirsty and so eager to be greedy selfish bigoted jerks?
Whyyy?

2023-07-06 04:18:40

- reply

I used to be on Mastodon. I deleted it because I was getting addicted. I had 400 followers. I kinda miss it a bit. Also didn't want my name to be associated with what I posted because I was stupid and didn't come up with an anonymous handle. I am anonymous on here now. How nice.

2023-07-06 04:16:16

I challenge you to earn 1 billion dollars. Bonus points if you don't have rich parents and are a person of color. Really? Didn't think so! Most people will never pay off their debt in their lifetime. Don't delude yourself into thinking capitalism is working.

2023-07-06 04:14:30

@npub1sg6…f63m is a weirdo and he seriously needs to not starve himself. Otherwise he would have had enough braincells to know not to sell Twitter.

2023-07-06 04:12:50

We should free Snowden as well! Let him come home! The CIA should be dissolved into nothingness.
#nevent1q…ytax

2023-07-06 04:11:43

- reply

At the end of the day, the American empire is dying, and the final defense mechanisms of the capitalist hierarchy are activating. Fascism is, among other things, imperialist narcissism turned inward.

2023-07-06 04:08:45

It is lonely being the socialist of nostr. I really should jump on Mastodon again someday.

2023-07-06 04:07:00

- reply

Humans cannot possibly have infinite demand. There are physical, social and physiological limits that cap the total ability of humans to use what they produce. We probably hit that limit in some areas of the world.

2023-07-06 03:41:10

- reply

Are you an opponent of democracy? Oh boy. You remind me why libertarians aren't actually interested in equality and just want kids to work in the coal mines.

2023-07-06 03:39:10

- reply

Well, if you take the social contract, you will have a say and you could become a leader in politics if the people agree with you.

2023-07-06 03:38:25

- reply

Kind of

2023-07-06 03:38:00

- reply

Also what about automation? Automation is making work itself easier. Once automation makes work fast enough, and you scrap the capitalist notion of infinite growth, eventually you could structure society to be fully mechanized.

2023-07-06 03:33:29

- reply

The idea of this hypothetical society is not to maximize profits, it is to produce enough to satisfy need. If you produce sufficient work, you should get compensated and if you produce a significant amount more work you get more compensation.

2023-07-06 03:32:02

- reply

I believe personally that society on a fundamental level is falling prey to the idea of "Me me me" where capital accumulation is prioritized over happiness and freedom, and unchecked it is causing our society to crumble and splinter. Just look at the fall of Twitter and the RHEL drama going on as simple examples. The mentality that should be how we govern society is that of the Social contract: " I give up my right to be a greedy asshole so I get representation in government, college, healthcare and the resources needed to enjoy positive freedom". I propose this in place of the capitalist idea of self interest and of social darwinism. Cooperation and the democratic decentralization of power is the key to solving the world's problems and maybe getting off of this rock one day before the sun blows up.

2023-07-06 03:22:51

The capitalist class has done a good job dismantling every left-wing post war victory for the working class. If this continues, we are all royally fucked. I support my comrades overseas that oppose the Tories and Starmer's Labour Party and support the NHS. I urge the people there to stand up for their right to healthcare so that Britain doesn't imitate the US and our brutal system designed by rent seekers and parasitic elite freeloaders. We should be moving towards total democratization of the economy, not away from it. Tell the wealthy and the powerful to quit making it even more hellish for the wage slaves than it already is! Workers of the world, unite!

2023-07-06 03:15:20

- reply

That's because democratic socialism has never been tried. Leninism is inherently dictatorial, and social democracy is a good start on the road to socialism. If socialism is ever adopted, it will be by the radicalization of social democratic parties around the western world that unite with leftists around the globe. We would have to imitate the neoliberal movement and Globalize Electoral Leftism.

2023-07-06 03:12:22

- reply

Labor vouchers could only be earned by your own work, not by taking money from others

2023-07-06 02:29:18

- reply

If there was a need to track who was working, labor vouchers would be used.

2023-07-06 02:28:05

- reply

In a socialist society, people would be expected to work and there would be incentives to work, but you would be guaranteed a level of basic provisions, healthcare and education from birth as a human right. They do a semi-decent job of this in the social democratic EU! We can do a similar thing here. If most people contribute to the pot, you don't have to worry because there will be enough to go around.

2023-07-05 23:57:07

- reply

In a mixed economy, it would be funded out of progressive taxation. In a fully socialist, post-capital economy, it would not have to be "paid for" because money as we know it would be nothing like we know it today.

2023-07-05 23:32:54

- reply

Education from birth till death would be a human right, and any governmental bias would be countered by a free press and open source knowledge bases

2023-07-05 23:13:34

- reply

Well, to that I say that the red terror is brutal and bloody indeed, and that is definitely not the way to go. But the capitalist system does all the same things that the commies did, but in a more insidious way. They got the gulag, we got the school to prison pipeline and the Espionage Act. They had chronic shortages and corruption in the Politboro, we got the corporate commissars doing the same thing but under the banner of capitalism. The USSR sucked, but the US is collapsing now 30 years later. The imperialist and tyrannical American empire is dying. There was an attempted coup. All these things are happening, and we are next. Both major powers of the cold war will crumble because of greed and tyranny. I propose the third way, the way of Democratic Socialism.

2023-07-05 23:00:06

Why do people defend a system that prioritizes the accumulation of capital over human life?

2023-07-05 07:21:26

Monopolies suck

2023-07-05 07:19:14

Have a happy July 4, when the bourgeoisie and the monarchs had a falling out.

2023-07-05 07:14:46

This place sucks. Wow. Crypto scams galore!
At least I can debate libertarians on the internet now.

2023-07-05 05:13:50

"They have always taught you that it is your patriotic duty to go to war and slaughter yourselves at their command. You have never had a voice in the war. The working class who make the sacrifices, who shed the blood, have never yet had a voice in declaring war."
These words got someone sent to prison. For speaking out against a frivolous war in a time where the government was so tyrannical that they would imprison anyone who opposed the hegemony of the ruling class. This man's name was Eugene V Debs, and his message should be remembered for all to hear.

2023-07-05 03:08:39

Stop Monopoly Capitalism!

2023-07-05 01:19:04

- reply

We are decades or centuries away from that point LMAO. Even if it comes, billionaire oligarchs will use ai to push you harder so they get even more money. This will continue until climate change and nuclear war kills us all.

2023-07-04 20:27:53

- reply

Well workers have to man the ai!

2023-07-04 19:14:05

"From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolised, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say, individuality vanishes.
You must, therefore, confess that by “individual” you mean no other person than the bourgeois, than the middle-class owner of property. This person must, indeed, be swept out of the way, and made impossible."
- Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

2023-07-04 19:00:52

- reply

Market Socialism would be something I think you would find interesting.

2023-07-04 18:57:37

- reply

I am a democratic socialist as I believe in worker ownership of the economy.

2023-07-04 18:56:33

- reply

I believe that the market itself inevitably becomes monopolistic, or "centralized" in libertarian/crypto speak. Voting with your dollar violates "one person = one vote". I believe instead that a mix of direct and representative democracy is the only way forward in our government and society so people directly have a voice in the affairs of government, instead of monopolies and centibillionaire oligarchs. The market is good for non-essential goods like books or something, and it woefully fails when it comes to things like housing or insurance. The economy should be a combination of democratic planning for societal necessities and a market with workers cooperatives competing to make better products in less essential products.

2023-07-04 18:12:15

- reply

I believe that government itself should become democratic at a fundamental level, and that democratic decision making should mostly replace the market. The social would BECOME the political once you give average citizens the power to make their own decisions instead of a corporation or a bought politician.

2023-07-04 17:58:02

- reply

True, and also make sure guns are kept out of the hands of people that would be dangerous to themselves or others such as chronically depressed people.

2023-07-04 17:27:30

- reply

Guns actually don't make average people safer because they don't know how to use it.

2023-07-04 17:26:43

- reply

I believe that we should structure our economy around democratic decision making rather than the greed of billionaires.

2023-07-04 06:53:34

Bitcoiners want to abolish fiat currency. I want to abolish capital as we know it.

2023-07-04 06:24:25

Learning ARM assembly using NetBSD 10 Beta, vim and GNU Binutils on raspberry pi.
https://nostr.build/i/38344aa2fb701d81e126b879735dda891d280a4ddfa2212945251551ff3167c0.jpg

2023-07-04 03:25:18

The libertarians are rampant in this steaming pile of shit! I should never have picked up social media to begin with, and I never should have used fedi.

2023-07-04 01:57:15

- reply

I will say that I'm *probably* cis and definitely *not* a het

2023-07-04 01:55:17

- reply

I'm not trans afaik. I'm a cis dude.

2023-07-04 01:38:50

The SCOTUS has become almost dictatorial.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/legitimacy-customer-supreme-court-gay-rights-case-raises-100630620

2023-07-03 20:23:14

I'm anti crypto.

2023-07-03 16:21:30

Free Snowden. He is a hero and someone that helped fight the atrocity that is PRISM. As Bernie has said, "Let him come home!"

2023-07-03 16:14:28

Liberal doesn't mean leftist! Ffs the liberals are so conservative on many issues that to me they are unrecognizable as a "left wing" party.

2023-07-03 02:42:20

- reply

As for me, I used to think Bitcoin was neat before I identified as a leftist, but then I took a cold hard look at it as a cultural and economic force instead of a technology and realized that Bitcoin is really just not that great. It's a wonderful speculative asset, technological curiosity, and tool in criminal activity, and in realizing this I lost interest.

2023-06-20 19:35:08

NetBSD rocks!

2023-03-23 19:32:38

Putin should be locked up in prison. CMV.

2023-03-23 14:09:59

Why is God so loved by many? He has proven himself to be a genocidal maniac

2023-03-23 14:06:58

Judges should not have the power they do. An unelected official must always be delegated to an advisory or administrative role.